Rick Baker

Founder Spirited Leaders Corporation

  • Waterloo ON

INSPIRE PEOPLE, GROW PROFITS!

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Biography

Rick helps entrepreneurs improve their businesses. He has founded or co-founded 8 companies and 1 partnership. Several of his companies grew rapidly to multi-$Millions in annual sales…the largest to $1 Million per day in the first 3 years.

Rick injects enthusiasm, personal stories, and creative thought - all aimed at helping business people be comfortable, confident, and inspired about their work. Rick’s messages are about People: about their differences; about their personal strengths; about their characters; about their habits, some good, some bad; about their business visions and their business dreams; about how people can try new things and change for the better. He co-founded a business that achieved $1 Million per day in sales within its first 3 years. He has helped clients build $1-Billion businesses.

Rick is a life-long learner. It dates back to childhood, when his mother inspired in him a love of books and an attitude of curiosity…and independence. Rick has a large library of business, self-development, philosophy, psychology, and other educational books. But, the most-important lessons have been learned by Rick at the School of Hard Knocks. Rick has been an ‘achiever and commander’ since childhood. His drive coupled with his inability to control his natural potential to command caused much havoc during most of his career. Rick intimidated people without trying…sometimes, without even knowing it was happening.

Over the last half of his 30-year career Rick has changed. For this, he gives credit to his son, Frank, who faces challenges unknown to most of us. As he tried to help his son, Rick began to read books about the brain, about behaviour, and specifically about how people can change their thinking, their feelings, and their habits. As Rick worked to help his son, he recognized the need to change his own thoughts, feelings, and habits.

Rick believes, and he inspires business people to understand:
• Business Only Contains 3 Things: People, Process-Systems, & Situations
• People Only Do 3 Things: Good Habits, Bad Habits, & New Things
• Courage and Confidence are the starting place for personal values and attractive character
• Better understanding of self and of others is the main key to change
• Improved Communication, and simple 1-Page Tools, are other keys
• And, Change is Only Constructive when People are Comfortable

Industry Expertise

Training and Development
Human Resources
Business Services

Areas of Expertise

A) Business Changing for the Better: Good Habits Bad Habits & New Things
People Process & Situations

Affiliations

  • Centre for Family Business
  • The Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce

Testimonials

President

Watech Global Business Development Inc., May 2010

Rick is a highly focused, imaginative, experienced business entrepreneur with the ability to grasp the "big picture" and drill down into details when necessary. This combination of capabilities and unwavering commitment to companies and situations he believes in are key elements for investing and managing investments.

Entrepreneur

May 2011

I recently attended an entrepreneur conference where Rick was a guest speaker. Rick is a versatile, high-energy, professional with a multi-faceted background. He was genuine, hilarious, and personable. I had the opportunity to speak with him after the conference, and he was generous to share his own personal experience. I definitely recommend Rick for any public speaking event.

Customer Relationship Advisor

The Common-sense Marketer, Mar 2012

I first met Rick at a LOPN breakfast meeting where I was impressed by his passion for leadership growth and success.

Since then, I have seen him "in action" when I had the pleasure of attending all six sessions of his Spirited Leaders Academy. These thought-provoking, highly interactive seminars were both inspiring and practical. I came away with leadership ideas and tools immediately applicable to my business.

Thank you Rick and your Spirited Leaders Academy.

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Sample Talks

People: Unleashing Individuals’ Talents & Strengths

Help inspire your people to focus on Individuals’ Talents and Strengths

If your managers focus on each person's individual strengths, then there will be a 99% likelihood that your people will be 6 times more actively engaged in their day-to-day work!

Talents & Strengths Topics:
• Talk About Talent!
• Talk About Feeling Positive!
• Strengths-based Recruiting
• Strengths-based Role Descriptions & Performance Reviews
• Advanced Strengths Coaching

Availability

  • Keynote
  • Panelist
  • Workshop Leader
  • Author Appearance
  • Corporate Training

Fees

$2500 to $3500*Will consider certain engagements for no fee